Crews said they started getting calls around 11:30 a.m. about dead trees knocking down power lines.

“And all of a sudden (I hear) a big boom, and I jumped up in the air, and my whole family jumped, and we thought (it) was a shotgun or a rifle, but as we found out, it’s that tree right over there that exploded,” said Rod Huston, who lives a few houses down from where a tree nearly took out a mailbox.

“Some young kids, they came and asked me for help because their dad’s at work, so I went down and looked, and sure enough, their power’s out, and I went to the next lady who I help shovel her snow, and she’s out, so there’s several people, about five or six houses, that are out on that side of the street,” he said.

Even with wind still blowing strong, crews are trying to clean up some of the mess.

For neighbors, however, safety is the biggest concern.

“The wind has just picked up and blowing all the trees, as you can see, are waving around limbs, are coming off,” Huston said. “We’ve got our kids inside and we’re just trying to be safe now.”

Representatives from Carroll Electric said they had a small fire at their substation in Bella Vista just after noon Saturday, but said the fire was extinguished.